December 30, 2012 by Nina Spezzaferro
THIS cake is the piece de resistance of this project. At least I was hoping it’d be. Two years ago I attempted to make a Bûche de Noël. It was a disaster. Crafting a successful Bûche was an obvious goal for this year. I used a recipe I found on the Food Network website, which is accompanied by video clips from the show it originally aired on. The videos are very helpful, but I still think Nick Malgieri makes the assembly look WAY easier than it actually is. (more…)
Category 52 Cakes | Tags: buttercream,chocolate,coffee,jelly roll,marzipan | 1 Comment
April 5, 2012 by Nina Spezzaferro
Last week I attended a weeklong cake decorating class at the Institute of Culinary Education. It was a blast and I’m so excited to execute all the techniques I learned in this year’s cakes. There was too much to pack into one post, so for now here’s an overview for how the week went down. (more…)
Category Cake Decorating, Miscellaneous | Tags: buttercream,cake decorating,marzipan,modeling chocolate,roses | 3 Comments